As my wise colleague Pat Furey recently wrote, “career fortunes are made during a recession.” As companies tighten their belts in the face of shrinking top-line revenues, they’ll look to procurement to drive bottom line savings. So do you have the performance record, skillset and credentials to move up the ladder when the economy rebounds [...]

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Faced with a bleak employment market and the desire to simply hang on to their current job (or find another one quickly), many people put “career development” on the back burner. But at a time when many employers are seeking to trim down their rolls to the most skilled, dedicated employees, it can pay to [...]

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Even in a very dour employment market, there are always bright spots. As the saying goes…fortunes are made during recessions. So, tremendous volatility in commodity prices and a recession provide a HUGE opportunity for direct materials procurement professionals to make their career “fortunes”. The buyer’s market conditions provide obvious strategic and savings opportunities for procurement [...]

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